September 06, 2007	Thursday	Sha'aban 23, 1428

KARACHI, Sept 5: Zone-III Whites and Zone-V Whites secured the second and first position in Group ‘D’ and Group ‘A’ after beating their respective opponents – Zone-I Whites and Zone-I Blues. However, all the four teams reached quarter-finals of the KCCA Under-15 Inter-zonal cricket tournament on Tuesday.

In the first match, Zone-III Whites defeated Zone-I Whites by 66 runs at the KCCA Stadium.

Zone-III Whites, batting first, posted 186 all out in 49.4 overs with Amit Ravi (60) being the highest scorer. In reply, Zone-I Whites could only post 120 before being dismissed in 39.4 overs. Osama Jawad demolished the opponents’ batting line-up with figures of 5-29.

In the second match, Zone-V Whites beat Zone-I Blues by 165 runs at the Landhi Gymkhana Ground.

Summarised scores:

ZONE-III WHITES 186 in 49.4 overs (Amit Ravi 60, Akib Rizvi 26; Farhan Anwar 2-22, Arsalan Hussain 2-74); ZONE-I WHITES 120 in 39.4 overs (Osama Arif 21, Zahid Ali 17; Osama Jawad 5-29).

ZONE-V WHITES 277-5 in 50 overs (Safdar Ayub 86, Noman Iqbal 60, Faizan Khan 40; Arham Ali 2-25); ZONE-I BLUES 112 in 35.4 overs (M Asim Khan 24; Babar Khanzada 4-18, M Adeel 4-42). —PPI